Birthday, Disneyland, and Christmas, OH MY!!!!

That's right! I spent my 30th birthday with my two favorite boys in the "Happiest Place on Earth" during their Christmas celebration. It doesn't get much better than that. We didn't tell Zach where we were going because we wanted to see how long it would take him to realize that his trip to California included Disneyland. This was the reaction we were hoping to get on the first day. Not the case at all. The first day, we asked him where we were and he very matter of factly said "we're going back to Disneyland". No excitement at all. This video was on day two without any prompting.



The parade was so crazy at night. Zach was the only one that got to see anything.



There were so many fun pictures that I couldn't just pick a few. I won't feel bad if you don't want to spend the time watching the whole slide show. Zach's favorite rides were Space Mountain, Star Tours, and Buzz Lightyear. He was big enough to go on almost every ride and was willing to try any of them. He was so brave! It really warms my heart knowing that my child loves the rides as much as Aaron and me. It was SO much fun and none of us wanted to come home, but the money only lasts for so long.

October

October had a lot that happened and I slacked off in posting. So here it is all in one slide show. We have: family fun night at the corn maze, Max's Halloween Birthday party, Witches at Gardner Village and a single picture of Halloween. I forgot my camera on Halloween so I missed all the wonderful moments.

Pumpkin Carving Party

Every year we get together with our friends and carve pumpkins. It is one of our favorite traditions. Zach was extra excited this year because he said it was his Halloween party.


Zach does NOT like pumpkin guts, but I will continue to put his hand in them every year until he thinks it is cool!







Zach and the girls watching Mickey Mouse Halloween when they were done with pumpkins. Zach is the only boy until next February. (Sunny was sleeping so she missed all the "Kodak moments")

The whole group.

Just our family.

Hotel?

I love Zach's imagination!!! Sometimes I have no idea what he is doing, but most of the time I do and have to participate. Now usually he is replaying his shows or going to preschool or super heroes, but today he was pretending to be his dad. What you see is him sleeping in his hotel room. Aaron's shoes were the door. He would pretend to sleep and then he would wake up and go to work. I guess he is missing his dad! (He comes up with these things on his own.)

Circus

I have been waiting to post this for a week so that I could get the red eye out of the pictures, but Aaron has been very busy and hasn't been able to get me the photo software for my computer. I didn't want to wait any longer, so we will just have to deal with a little red eye.

I love the circus! Last year was Zach's first year and he liked it, so we went again this year. (I would have taken him even if he didn't get it last year.) We ended up having an extra ticket because my mom couldn't ever get a hold of my niece, so we took Leah since her parents would spend the night packing. It was much better this year. Ringling Bros. changed how they do the circus. They have been a three ring circus. It still is fun but there is usually to much to look at. This year it was basically one ring. They did bigger things that took up the entire floor, so you could actually watch the event. There was a few times when they had multiple things going on, but the were the same genre. I hope they keep this format from here on out.









They both loved their snow cones.

Leah loved the tigers! This is her roaring back at the tigers.

Zach wanted cotton candy, so of course my mom bought him some. But it did come with a cute hat!

Walk for a good cause

On Saturday, September 13, 2008, my family participated in the 2nd annual Susan Sandoval Run for Ovarian Cancer. We lost my Great Aunt Kathi one year ago after a tough fight with cancer. We all miss you and attend the walk in your memory/honor. We know you are watching over us!

Annual Family Picnic

We had a ton of fun at the picnic. The bounce house was very popular and it is great to have the kids all together. Gary grilled up some good burgers and hot dogs. Glad we were able to see everyone who came! Maybe next year more people will come because it doesn't get better than good food and good family.